Dispensing cabinet



Patented Apr. 28, I i i i 1 UNITED sTAT Es PATNT o,

' i i .,-'z,o38,8zz j W i hIPENsmGLcABr'NEr-f I Harry F. Bins, Green'B'ay, Wis. i i Application May 27, 1935,V serial; o. 28,691 i V onims. (ci. zie-55.2)

. i 'This invention relates to improvements in dis- VVin contact-;with roll Ili,V but: theyalso provide a ipen'sing cabinets for rolled webs of paper towelrigid reinforcement for: the walls of the;A dising and the like. i i gpenser, since: they cut across'ithev anglesfbetween It 'is my purpose lto provide an improved diswall portions 5, 6, 1, 8,;and'9, in the'ma'nner 5 penslng cabinet wherein a roll of paper webbing clearly shown in Fig.13. 1 f

or the like maybe supported upon channels ac- I provide at |8 anauxiliary front wallspaced curately determinative of the friction surface in from the wall 9 of the cabinet to provide a discontact between the roll and the cabinet. It is pensing slot through which may be drawn the my further purpose to provide a novel and imweb l9 of which roll IS is composed. The spacing 10 proved front wall arrangement in which a cenof Vwall |8 from walls is accomplished by flanging 10 trally apertured second'wall is applied across the over the ends of the wall |8 as shown atA 20l in front wall of the cabinet in spaced relation there- FIE. 2, and' welding or otherwise fastenlng the to, whereby to provide a dispensing slot through flanges onto the ends ll and |2 of the cabinet. which the toweling may be withdrawn, such sec- At its lower margin the auxiliary wall |8 has ond walll having a serrated front margin to facllserrations as shown at 2|. These serrations are 15 itate the detachment of any desired length of preferably in the form of minute teeth across toweling, and being overlapped by the cover of the which the web may readily be tom to Sever eny cabinet. Other objects of the invention will apdesired projecting length. 'Following each sevpear from the following disclosure. ering operation the free endy of the web will, of Inthe drawing: course, be in registry withv the serrated lower 20 Figure 1 is a view partially in front elevationV marsin of the anxlliary wall |8, and in order to 'and partially broken away to expose the interior expose an additional length of the web I provide of a dispensing cabinet embodying the present an aperture or window at 22 in 'the face'of the invention. auxiliary wall through which the web may be 25 Figure 2 is a view of the cabinet in end elevaensased by the operator's finsers to thrust it 25 tlon. i downwardly. The serrated wall margin 2| pref- V Figura 3 is a view of the cabinet as it appears in erably is made to flafe oWoy from the inolined transverse section. i bottom wall surface 8 as shown in Figs. 2 and '3. Like parts are identified by the same reference In order to facilitate the -introduction of a new characters throughout the several views. roll |6 into the dispenser; I provide ot 25 o hinged 30 My improved cabinet has a back wali 5 adapted top which is Drefel'ohly flanged 'at 26 to enege to be connected in any conventionl mannr to over the end walls Il and |2 of the dispenser and a supporting surface. The back wall of the dewhich overlaps the auxiliary'wall 18 at the front. vice is extended downwardly and forwardly at 6, This Cover Dreferehly is provided with cars i 21 forwardly at 1, and forwardly and upwardly at 8, to facilitate its manipulation, and it is connected 35 to comprise a paneled bottom for the dispenser, by rivets or the like at 20 with the end wallsof Integra] with the bottom is the upwardly exthe Gabinet ata point spaced well forwardly from tending front wall 9 which is flnished off with a the rear wall 5 thereof. The location of the fulbead at Ill, as shown in Fig. 3. Vcrum points makes it possible to osciilate the 40 The back wall, bottom panels 6, 1 and 8, and the cover to the dotted line position shown in Fis. 3 40 front wall 9 are connected by suitable end walls in which position it is substantially balanced and and |2, and the top margin of the back wall W111 remain Pending intl'odl-lction of the new roll. is fianged forwardly at Il to provide a narrow top. At its rear marsin the cover 25 is preferably 'rhe material of the back wali 5, paneis 6,1,an'd offset at 29 to ensase beneath the top flanae n. 8, and Vfront wall 9, is preferably formed inthereby maki!!! ConmlOuS the oovei'inE overfl' v tegrally to provide the supporting surfaces at IS the roll which ls housed in the cabinet.

upon which rests the roll Hi of material to be disz With Vthe cover raised to the'l Position indicated pensed. The preferred means of providing the in broken lines in Fl. 3. the operator may Insert narrow concave cradle surfaces IS which extend the roll lfi'into the cabinet, wherein it will be from front to rear of the cabinet, consists in supported on the surfaces IS free of the remaineo i stamping the channels ISO upwardly and inwarding portios of the bottom of the cabinet.V In ly into the Sheet which comprises wall portions devices for different purposes these surfaces mayV i I, 1, 8, and 9, as shown in front elevation and 'be varied as to extent or as to their frictional in section in Flg. 1. 'I'he'channels 150 not only vc-harcateristics to control the frictional resistance' limit the surface area of the dispenser which is to the rotation of the roll, the object being to ll provide a predetermined resistance sumcient `to maintain the web under adequate ltension so that it may be taut when drawn across the serrated mara'in 2| upon which tearinz of the web lis efleeted.

When the webisonce threaded through the dlspensing slot between the front wall O and the wall. ll, its intermediatevfportion will` i be exposed tofthe opening .22 ":andany w,further portion 2| a veryoslixht .I .,Acabinethaving wall a and axially spaced supports 'peripherally engaxiintliewoutside ,oflazroll for carryingflt i'reeV of advance ithereof may Vbe accomplished .readily by the nzers of the operator, the flngers hav-;1., ing materially greater frictional pressure on the web than any resistance 'oil'ered byfthe's'n'iooth surface of cabinet wall I. Due to the `fiare ofwall advance of the web is suflicient for it to be zraspedbenelath the tear- I'claim: o K

and bottomlurfaces i said surfaces'within-said cabinet. a

2. A dispenser comprising the combination with -ffront walls, and channel means 7several lwalls and having an upper surface spaced means providing a dispensing guide, of concave supports of limited area spaced at the rear of said means to provide .cradles for peripherally engaginz a roll of material intermediate its ends to enable such material to be dispensed along 'Said guide.

3. A device of the character described comprisingthe combination of fear, bottom, and eonnecting` the above the bottom wall. l 4/1 f1. A dispensing cabinet comprising a `walled structure having integrally formed arcuate channels extending from front to rear and providing``v supporting surfaces of a limited area.

5. A' dispensing cabinet comprising the combination with a rear wall, a paneled bottom. and

a front wall, ofmeans providing channels integral with :said walls-and bottom and iupwardly of lthe dispensertopro- 20 formed intothe interior vide limited supporting' surface's.l

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